{"id":209,"date":"2010-03-26T09:21:19","date_gmt":"2010-03-26T14:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drbilltoth.com\/blog\/?p=209"},"modified":"2010-03-26T09:21:19","modified_gmt":"2010-03-26T14:21:19","slug":"how-to-gauge-your-middle-class-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.drbilltoth.com\/?p=209","title":{"rendered":"How to Gauge your Middle-Class Status"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Five great reasons to have your own business where you &#8220;get to&#8221; work from home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; background: white; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #da7405; font-size: 19pt;\">How to Gauge Your Middle-Class Status<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; background: white; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #797979; font-size: 10pt;\">by Rick Newman<\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #797979; font-size: 10pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #797979; font-size: 10pt;\">\u00a0 Tuesday, March 23, 2010 provided by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/usnews\/biztech\/bthome.htm\">US News &amp; World Report<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; background: white; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\">Assessing Your Middle-Class Status<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; background: white; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\">Despite the so-called recovery, many families continue to struggle<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; background: white; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\">College Savings<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; background: white; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\">The typical family puts aside $4,100 for college expenses for two kids<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; background: white; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\">Retirement Savings<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; background: white; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\">Stock-market losses over the last several years have further shrunk the national nest egg.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; background: white; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\">Number of Earners <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; background: white; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\">In 76 percent of two-parent families, both parents work. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; background: white; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\">Hours Worked <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; background: white; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\">Moms and Dads are working more than they used to. The increased hours add up to<br \/>\nmore than four 40-hour weeks of additional work per family.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; background: white; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; background: yellow; color: black; font-size: 10pt; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;\">Free Time<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; background: yellow; color: black; font-size: 10pt; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; background: white; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; background: yellow; color: black; font-size: 10pt; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;\">What&#8217;s your top priority? In a 2008 poll by the Pew Research Center, it wasn&#8217;t healthy<br \/>\nkids, a strong marriage or a great career; 68 percent of respondents said it was free time. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Just by helping someone get to\u00a0 where their avg income\u00a0is $2500. per month\u00a0 &#8211; we can get one parent home, boost the\u00a0college fund, retirement fund or just plain dramatically improve\u00a0the quality of a person&#8217;s life&#8230;.by giving them the free time they now want.\u00a0\u00a0 Nope it&#8217;s not &#8220;easy&#8221; and Yes it is absolutely rewarding on multiple levels.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five great reasons to have your own business where you &#8220;get to&#8221; work from home. 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